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cognitive

/ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ UK
/ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ US, dialectal
[ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv] US, dialectal
/ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ Canada, dialectal
[ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv] Canada, dialectal
/ˈkɔɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ Australia
[ˈkɔɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv] Australia
/ˈkɒɡ.nə.təv/ New Zealand
[ˈkɔ̟ɡ.nə.ɾəv] New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin cognitīvus, from Latin cognitus, perfect passive participle of cognōscō (“to get to know”) + -īvus (adjective suffix).

adjective more cognitive · most cognitive

Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions. Recent findings in cognitive neuroscience are also beginning to unravel how the body perceives magnitudes through sensory-motor systems. Variations in size, speed, quantity and duration, are registered in the brain by electro-chemical changes in neurons. The neurons that respond to these different m
Intellectual. In the modern analysis of ideas it is generally accepted that the ideological content must be distinguished from the cognitive value, that the functional genetic conditioning of thought is one thing and its scientific legitimacy another.
obsolete, rare Cognate; to be recognized as cognate. Wanux "white man," cognitive with Aben. awanoch, now used for "Canadian Frenchman";

noun cognitives

obsolete, rare A cognate. Abenaki awanoch, the cognitive of Penobscot awenoch, means Frenchman,

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cognition, perception, intellectual, awareness, understanding, knowledge, recognition, appreciation, acknowledgement, cerebral, rational, noetic, conceptual, mental, ideational, interpretive

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adj relating to mental functions

Español	cognitivo, cognoscitivo
中文	認知的 /认知的 rènzhī de
Português	cognitivo
Français	cognitif
Deutsch	kognitiv
Italiano	cognitivo
Ελληνικά	γνωσιακός gnosiakós, γνωστικός gnostikós
Română	cognitiv
Русский	когнити́вный kognitívnyj, познава́тельный poznavátelʹnyj
العربية	إِدْرَاكِيّ ʔidrākiyy

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@misc{cognitive_2026,
  title = {cognitive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cognitive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}